Tire Wear
 

I bought a new 2004 in March and now have 24,000 miles on it. I had to
replace the tires last week as they had no tread left on them ( I did not
check them as often as I should have - just assumed that tires would last
longer than this and only rotated once).

Can someone help me understand if this is something that I can look forward
to forever (this is my first Miata and I love it!!). I have 205/45/16 size
tires. I would prefer to replace them next time with higher profile and
smaller size, any recommendations?? I use the car more as a fun commuter
(about 100 miles per day) but do occasionally enjoy taking 30mph corners at
70mph, and also occasionally exceed 100mph during the commute.

Thanks for your help!

JohnnyA
'04Silver

If your car came with Bridgestone Touranza E30 tires, you did well to get
24K out of them. I'm replacing mine at 18K. They are a performance tire
with a very low treadwear rating. I'm switching to Yokohama AVS ES-100s.
It is still a performance tire, but I expect them to last closer to 30K.

Randy

"johnnya" > wrote in message
...
> I bought a new 2004 in March and now have 24,000 miles on it. I had to
> replace the tires last week as they had no tread left on them ( I did not
> check them as often as I should have - just assumed that tires would last
> longer than this and only rotated once).
>
> Can someone help me understand if this is something that I can look
forward
> to forever (this is my first Miata and I love it!!). I have 205/45/16
size
> tires. I would prefer to replace them next time with higher profile and
> smaller size, any recommendations?? I use the car more as a fun commuter
> (about 100 miles per day) but do occasionally enjoy taking 30mph corners
at
> 70mph, and also occasionally exceed 100mph during the commute.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> JohnnyA
> '04Silver
>
>
>

You are exactly right, it came with the Bridgestone's. I probably got more
miles because mine were completely bald, they looked like racing slicks on
the back.

They were so far gone that I just took what they had in stock without any
research. Goodyear said that they were good tires for what I needed. They
are TOYO's Proxes FZ4 All Season High Performance tire. Any comments on
these? Also, what tire pressure do you recommend?

Thanks,
JohnnyA


"Randy Maheux" > wrote in message
news:S8Sxd.2003$iH.102@fed1read02...
> If your car came with Bridgestone Touranza E30 tires, you did well to get
> 24K out of them. I'm replacing mine at 18K. They are a performance tire
> with a very low treadwear rating. I'm switching to Yokohama AVS ES-100s.
> It is still a performance tire, but I expect them to last closer to 30K.
>
> Randy
>
> "johnnya" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I bought a new 2004 in March and now have 24,000 miles on it. I had to
> > replace the tires last week as they had no tread left on them ( I did
not
> > check them as often as I should have - just assumed that tires would
last
> > longer than this and only rotated once).
> >
> > Can someone help me understand if this is something that I can look
> forward
> > to forever (this is my first Miata and I love it!!). I have 205/45/16
> size
> > tires. I would prefer to replace them next time with higher profile and
> > smaller size, any recommendations?? I use the car more as a fun
commuter
> > (about 100 miles per day) but do occasionally enjoy taking 30mph corners
> at
> > 70mph, and also occasionally exceed 100mph during the commute.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > JohnnyA
> > '04Silver
> >
> >
> >
>
>

You can read allot about them on miata.net but you already own them so don't
sweat it too much. They're decent IIRC. Tire pressure recomendations go from
26 psi to 35psi but most people seem to agree 28 to 30 works pretty well on
most tires.

Chris
92BB&T

"johnnya" > wrote in message
...
> You are exactly right, it came with the Bridgestone's. I probably got
more
> miles because mine were completely bald, they looked like racing slicks on
> the back.
>
> They were so far gone that I just took what they had in stock without any
> research. Goodyear said that they were good tires for what I needed.
They
> are TOYO's Proxes FZ4 All Season High Performance tire. Any comments on
> these? Also, what tire pressure do you recommend?
>
> Thanks,
> JohnnyA
>
>
> "Randy Maheux" > wrote in message
> news:S8Sxd.2003$iH.102@fed1read02...
> > If your car came with Bridgestone Touranza E30 tires, you did well to
get
> > 24K out of them. I'm replacing mine at 18K. They are a performance
tire
> > with a very low treadwear rating. I'm switching to Yokohama AVS
ES-100s.
> > It is still a performance tire, but I expect them to last closer to 30K.
> >
> > Randy
> >
> > "johnnya" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I bought a new 2004 in March and now have 24,000 miles on it. I had
to
> > > replace the tires last week as they had no tread left on them ( I did
> not
> > > check them as often as I should have - just assumed that tires would
> last
> > > longer than this and only rotated once).
> > >
> > > Can someone help me understand if this is something that I can look
> > forward
> > > to forever (this is my first Miata and I love it!!). I have 205/45/16
> > size
> > > tires. I would prefer to replace them next time with higher profile
and
> > > smaller size, any recommendations?? I use the car more as a fun
> commuter
> > > (about 100 miles per day) but do occasionally enjoy taking 30mph
corners
> > at
> > > 70mph, and also occasionally exceed 100mph during the commute.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help!
> > >
> > > JohnnyA
> > > '04Silver
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

I run 30 PSI in mine.


"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> You can read allot about them on miata.net but you already own them so
don't
> sweat it too much. They're decent IIRC. Tire pressure recomendations go
from
> 26 psi to 35psi but most people seem to agree 28 to 30 works pretty well
on
> most tires.
>
> Chris
> 92BB&T
>
> "johnnya" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You are exactly right, it came with the Bridgestone's. I probably got
> more
> > miles because mine were completely bald, they looked like racing slicks
on
> > the back.
> >
> > They were so far gone that I just took what they had in stock without
any
> > research. Goodyear said that they were good tires for what I needed.
> They
> > are TOYO's Proxes FZ4 All Season High Performance tire. Any comments on
> > these? Also, what tire pressure do you recommend?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > JohnnyA
> >
> >
> > "Randy Maheux" > wrote in message
> > news:S8Sxd.2003$iH.102@fed1read02...
> > > If your car came with Bridgestone Touranza E30 tires, you did well to
> get
> > > 24K out of them. I'm replacing mine at 18K. They are a performance
> tire
> > > with a very low treadwear rating. I'm switching to Yokohama AVS
> ES-100s.
> > > It is still a performance tire, but I expect them to last closer to
30K.
> > >
> > > Randy
> > >
> > > "johnnya" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I bought a new 2004 in March and now have 24,000 miles on it. I had
> to
> > > > replace the tires last week as they had no tread left on them ( I
did
> > not
> > > > check them as often as I should have - just assumed that tires would
> > last
> > > > longer than this and only rotated once).
> > > >
> > > > Can someone help me understand if this is something that I can look
> > > forward
> > > > to forever (this is my first Miata and I love it!!). I have
205/45/16
> > > size
> > > > tires. I would prefer to replace them next time with higher profile
> and
> > > > smaller size, any recommendations?? I use the car more as a fun
> > commuter
> > > > (about 100 miles per day) but do occasionally enjoy taking 30mph
> corners
> > > at
> > > > 70mph, and also occasionally exceed 100mph during the commute.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help!
> > > >
> > > > JohnnyA
> > > > '04Silver
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"johnnya" > wrote in message
...
> You are exactly right, it came with the Bridgestone's. I probably got
more
> miles because mine were completely bald, they looked like racing slicks on
> the back.
>
> They were so far gone that I just took what they had in stock without any
> research. Goodyear said that they were good tires for what I needed.
They
> are TOYO's Proxes FZ4 All Season High Performance tire. Any comments on
> these? Also, what tire pressure do you recommend?

You going to have to slow down a bit in the corners a bit, with those tires,
but they will last longer. I like 28 lb.